Category Archives: contemporary art

App trap

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Lately, you may find yourself asking,  “Oh ShinyArt,  Monsters and Memories was a seductive beginning for your iPad app, but where, oh where, is exhibition number two, Abstract Perceptions ????” The answer lies our good friends at Apple. Since making … Continue reading →

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Ready for our close up: Video Art on ‘app

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Go ahead, search for “video art” in the Apple app store. Slim pickings, am I right?? Not anymore. This morning the first ShinyArt iPad app went “live” changing the way that audiences consume and contemplate video art, as well as … Continue reading →

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Up and Running again!

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

And we’re up and running again. Thanks Amazon and Mobovivo! While you are revisiting the website, be sure to peruse some new artwork from Paris-based artist Charlotte Cornaton. It’s a funky short work called Aaron with her signature stop motion … Continue reading →

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Introducing Ina Conradi!

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Make way for Ina Conradi – the latest ShinyArt contributing artist! Singapore may not technically be on the other side of the world, but sometimes it sure seems like it from our insulated Bay Area bubble. I have been trying … Continue reading →

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ShinyArt announces new customers: District 30, Dive Bar in Sacramento; Slide Bar in San Francisco

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

ShinyArt, the leading provider of online video art rental, today announced that its artwork will be on display at District 30 and Dive Bar in Sacramento, Calif., and Slide Bar in San Francisco, Calif. District 30 is the premier nightclub … Continue reading →

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ShinyArt launches online video art rental service

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

ShinyArt transforms the ubiquitous flatscreen into a canvas for modern art ShinyArt today unveiled its new service to rent video art online to consumer and businesses worldwide. With the popularity of services such as Netflix and Hulu, as well as … Continue reading →

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And we are LIVE!

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

The new and improved ShinyArt website has just been launched and we love it! Take a peek to see how easy it is to bring video art by established and emerging artists and filmmakers into your home. Artists receive royalties … Continue reading →

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Welcome back (to the future?)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

I have used this space before to comment on the fascinating museological experiment that is the Adobe Museum of Digital Art, replacing conventional museum associations of preservation and permanence with the ephemeral and intangible. This recent conversation held at Art … Continue reading →

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Building communities around art

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

Lots of news brewing around ShinyArt HQ lately: the latest and greatest version of the website is due to be “live” in about a month and will enable people to start renting and uploading work to their televisions; both established … Continue reading →

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they’re here….[cut to static-filled tv set and creepy music]

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

As I have oft remarked on this blog – the museum paradigm of the last 20 years is being pulled like warm toffee into all sorts of strange and delicious configurations. Technology is aiding the white cube revisioning in a … Continue reading →

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